District: Student arrested in pot brownie incident will not return to Pomona

COSTA MESA – A 12-year-old Pomona Elementary School student was arrested by Costa Mesa Police Department detectives at his home on Wednesday, one day after being accused of sickening students at school with a pot brownie, according to a police spokesman and statement.

The student was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana on campus after administrators found a small bag of marijuana in his backpack, said police spokesman Lt. Greg Scott.

He was not processed at the station and was returned to a parent's custody, Scott said.

This student, unnamed by authorities because he's a minor, was identified by others at Pomona as the one who brought in the pot brownie that sickened other students at Pomona.

He and six others were brought to Hoag Hospital for observation testing for drugs, Pomona Principal Megan Brown told parents Thursday morning.

The backpack was confiscated by school administrators on Tuesday and marijuana was found in it that night, according to Newport-Mesa Unified School District spokeswoman Laura Boss, who said disciplinary action was taken at a meeting with the student and a parent on Wednesday.

She didn't specify what action was taken, but did say "the student will not be returning to Pomona Elementary School."

The Costa Mesa Police Department was contacted by school administrators on Tuesday, according to Det. Sgt. Ed Everett, and detectives were sent to the hospital, but did not arrest the student there. He may have been released, Everett said.